Lifestyle Tractor Talk
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That's my dilemna.
The HC version has slide outs, not the HEC.
View: https://youtu.be/lEtBHlPj_Zk?si=bD7BVqr2YU1C-H0n
Quick connect attaches to your 3 point hitch and stays on to connect implements:
View: https://youtube.com/shorts/w-j_go-8B5A?si=Ec4Hl_cC7OWLemCM
View: https://youtube.com/shorts/w-j_go-8B5A?si=Ec4Hl_cC7OWLemCM
Even with slide outs I think a quick hitch would be better because you don’t have to leave your seat to pick something up. You’ll still have to get off to attach the PTO but it’s just easy to scoop up an attachment.
it’s almost as easy as a skid steer.
edit to ask, when you say slide outs do you mean telescoping lift arms? Those are cool but you’ll still be cussing when you’re out there in the cold rain fiddle fucking around trying to attach or detach something. Ask me how I know this. Haha
it’s almost as easy as a skid steer.
edit to ask, when you say slide outs do you mean telescoping lift arms? Those are cool but you’ll still be cussing when you’re out there in the cold rain fiddle fucking around trying to attach or detach something. Ask me how I know this. Haha
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At 10 seconds wtf is he doing? Lol, hammering the fuck outta that quickpin
We had to do the same thing when installing some on the attachments for our old kubota, couldn't get the set pins to seat for anything, while others went in no problem.
Here’s the kind of junk I keep around the house to blade snow:
And when I mentioned cussing in the cold rain, this is what got me yesterday. I had to dig a blade out of the weeds and hook it up to this sweet little Case 1190:
And when I mentioned cussing in the cold rain, this is what got me yesterday. I had to dig a blade out of the weeds and hook it up to this sweet little Case 1190:
At the end there is he just hooking up to a counterbalance?
I'm thinking I need a LOT more parts.
This guy is trying to wheel and deal with me with all the sales pitch jargon. "Screaming deal", "I'm gonna get fired", "I'm not sure if WE can get this through", "I'll eat the paperwork fees", "rock bottom floor", yada yada.
All these heavy duty parts I don't want to roll the dice at Harbor Freight on will nickle and dime me to death.
Yeah, it's just a counter balance he was using for a demonstration. Personally I just have my rear tires filled and have never needed one, especially if my logging winch is attached.
What's your bucket weight capacity?
1650
Awwww.......that's nice 😊
Well, I had him throw in a drawbar, and am
Literally?
Yeah. The sugars in beet juice make it like an alcohol, and alcohol has a far lower freezing point. And it's an otherwise wasted byproduct of commercial beet production and canning. So it's actually sort of ingenious and if you have a puncture you aren't covering your ground with antifreeze (the other alternative for a liquid 4 season ballast).
Get your full bucket too high while on uneven ground just once and you'll truly appreciate how valuable a low center of gravity is in a small tractor. Shit gets scary fast, lol
Exactly. Also tractor backhoes suck. You have to constantly move/re-adjust. It’s awkward and inefficient in real life but a great idea on paper.
That makes sense if you've only got a few projects here & there.
But it's crazy to me to spend upwards of $300 a day plus transport to & from, forever.
Plus you can actually make money by becoming proficient, which won't happen by renting occasionally.
I posted that before seeing that you already bought a new tractor. Congrats on the new tractor! Looks like a nice setup.
It’s amazing that your loader will lift so much. I have a 65 hp Massey. It’s a beast but only lifts 3,000 lbs at the loader.
I still maintain that tractor backhoes suck though. Hopefully your experience will be different.
It’s amazing that your loader will lift so much. I have a 65 hp Massey. It’s a beast but only lifts 3,000 lbs at the loader.
I still maintain that tractor backhoes suck though. Hopefully your experience will be different.
I don't think he has actually bought it yet though.
@sparkuri have you bought it already? You said you were getting the hard sell from the salesman still. I know you want the backhoe but unless you want to put a lot of seat time and a lot of hours on your tractor to run it you will be way ahead of the game just renting a small back hoe. What is the back hoe price, like 8 grand?
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@Dash Riprock said, the constant moving the tractor, adjusting etc is a big pain in the balls.I guarantee you that you could do more in an hour or so with a rental hoe than you could in a day with a tractor attachment.
Pretty much everyone that owns a tractor here has recommended not getting one.
I'll leave this here, whatever you decide can't wait to see it!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWQgaq5KfOk
I've heard of guys using windshield washer fluid and antifreeze but come on, Rim Guard beet juice cost me $200 for 90 gallons to fill both 13.6x28 tires. It's way cheaper than anything except calcium chloride and nobody wants to deal with that wheel rusting shit. I ripped a tire and dumped about 60 gallons out in 2020 and that spot is still dead.
I'd never run a tractor without filled tires before until a friend put me on his new Deere 4046 and I couldn't get over how tippy it was. I thought it was the cab making it so top heavy but he filled the tires with rim guard and now it's rock solid. 10/10 would recommend.